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The good news keeps rolling in for actor-comedian Tracy Morgan. He’s recovered from last year’s near-fatal truck collision, and he’s also going to host SNL in October. And his life has just gotten a little sweeter: he just married his fiance of four years, Megan Wollover. The couple married on Sunday (August 23), according to The Hollywood Reporter, in an […]

Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is ready to broaden his legendary acting career even further. He’ll be making his Broadway debut in the Eugene O’Neill play, Hughie, next spring. Hughie is set in a New York City hotel lobby, and Whitaker will play Erie Smith, a drunkard who frequents the hotel and reminisces on his youth with the hotel’s clerk. […]

Ice Cube will forever rep Los Angeles and wear the city on his back. He’s already done a few productions based on the city, such as ESPN’s 30 for 30: Straight Outta L.A. Now, he’s looking to add one more Los Angeles-based film to his belt – and this time it’s with his son. According to […]

Empire‘s Jussie Smollett is a singer and actor, and now he can add model to his ever growing resume. He’s just been named the face of Sean John’s fall/holiday 2015 ad campaign, “Dream Big.” He will join Diddy‘s son, Quincy Brown, for the ads which will debut in September, according to The Wrap. It will first appear in GQ […]

Rapper and journalist Dee Barnes wrote a personal essay following the release of Straight Outta Compton about the exclusion of her assaulted by Dr. Dre. The L.A. Times obtained a copy of the original script and discovered that Barnes’ incident was initially written in the script, but removed from the final revision. Take a look at what was left […]

It was just reported that moviegoers wouldn’t mind some extra security at movie theaters due to recent cinema shootings. Regal Cinemas will be the first theater chain to take the leap in increasing your safety. A survey revealed that half of polled moviegoers wouldn’t mind paying a dollar or two extra for a ticket in […]

We’ve got to give Empire, the runaway Fox hit drama,  props. If it wasn’t for the show, we might not have the new crop of TV programs starring Black actors this soon after Lee Daniels’ creation premiered. NBC just signed on to develop a new series called House of the Rising Sin executive-produced by Judy Smith, the real life inspiration […]

It’s safe to say Suge Knight has done some pretty awful things in his lifetime. Let’s just briefly get into why he’s currently sitting in jail. Remember when he violently ran someone over at the Straight Outta Compton promo shoot and allegedly killed them? Yeah, about that. Anyway, Knight’s lawyer, Thomas Mesereau, says that Knight’s portrayal in […]

In the first season of Starz’s summer hit basketball comedy, Survivor’s Remorse, we got more family antics and less Cam Calloway (played by Jessie Usher), the Atlanta player who’s trying to find his footing in the professional basketball world. But in the season two premiere, we see that Cam is trying to branch out and voice […]

Zayn Malik, the former One Direction member, is looking right past his old teenybopper image, and what’s the best way to do that? Hang out in nightclubs with rappers once you’ve ditched your boy band, of course. Malik was spotted at the Foxtail Nightclub with Method Man and Redman in Las Vegas on Sunday (August 16) […]

Stevie Wonder spoiled fans last year when he celebrated the Songs in the Key of Life tour nationwide. And now he’s taking his exceptional show back on the road to celebrate the brilliant 1976 album once again. The legend extended his previous tour earlier this year due to the overwhelming reception. Wonder revealed to Rolling Stone why […]

Straight Outta Compton made history at the box office this weekend. The N.W.A. biopic took in $56.1 million, and had the biggest August opening weekend for an R-rated film since American Pie 2 back in 2001. On Friday, the movie took in close to $25 million alone, and it was projected that it would bring in […]